Kitten is injured. I don't know what happened to her but I think it was yesterday or the day before. She has lacerations on a front leg and a hind leg, and she can't jump. She's been laying around looking glum. The injuries look like maybe she tangled with a fence or a door, not so much like another creature, though I suppose it is possible. I ( Read more... )

This canine is impressively habituated to whitewater river running. I've had one river dawg myself, and I've run a few rivers with other people's river dawgs, but I've never seen anything quite like this. The dog swims downstream through some pretty good whitewater, and when it comes to a shallow drop it lands on the rocks that form the drop, ( Read more... )

We can give the H1N1 flu to our feline friends! If you have a kitty, wash your hands before you say hello with petting! The first case was in Iowa but now it has happened in Oregon and elsewhere.

Companion animals have been known to contract flu from other species - canine influenza (H3N8) originated in horses, and cats contract avian influenza ( Read more... )

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Before you view this video, let me say that I disagree with its makers on several points. Still, this video is an excellent example of internet activism, and I am sure I am helping them by posting it here. I don't mean to. I simply want the discussion to happen. Pet snakes and fish have been released, or flushed down the toilet, and are ( Read more... )

Melamine may be added to more foodstuffs than we know, because it makes them appear "high protein". Remember, this is the toxin that was added to dog food and caused a lot of animals to die of kidney failure. Then it was in baby food. Now they're finding it in eggs, because it's in the chicken feed ( Read more... )

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( a friend's dog has one of these on its leg )